Heavy fuzz and hissing guitars course through the Portland band’s debut.
Record Reviews
Record Review: The Lavender Flu, Mow the Glass
The Portland band’s sophomore album is more focused (though still chaotic).
Record Review: Dear Nora, Skulls Example
The beloved indie folk project hasn’t lost its gentle power.
Record Review: Lithics, Mating Surfaces
The Portland art-punk band’s latest is taut and thoughtful.
Record Review: Mope Grooves, Vanished
Mope Groovesโ Vanished documents moonlit fear.
Record Review: Mรธtrik, Safety Copy
Mรธtrikโs new album Safety Copy revs up the rock.
Record Review: Candace, New Ruins
Candace returns with heavy-lidded lo-fi on New Ruins.
Record Review: Various Artists, Transference
Marmoset’s 10-song compilation interprets century-old songs.
Record Review: Mo Troper, Exposure and Response
On Mo Troper’s Exposure and Response, cynicism never sounded so sweet.
Record Review: Jeffrey Martin, One Go Around
On One Go Around, Jeffrey Martin is fluent in the language of the crestfallen and heartbroken.
Revisiting David Bowie’s Difficult “Middle” Period: Who Can I Be Now? 1974-1976
Forgive me for taking this long to fully absorb the recent David Bowie box set, the 12-CD (or 13-LP) Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976), which came out at the end of September. The box documents the discursive middle years of Bowieโs legendary decadeโthat decade being 1970 to 1980, where virtually everything he set to […]
Record Review: Roy Meriwether, Nubian Lady
A recent New York Times โPopcast” discussed the phenomenon of jazz concerts taking place inside of museums, an oddly statelyโif not outright staleโsetting for jazzโs live vibrancy and subversive quality. The podcasters were obliged to briefly harrumph and haw about the juxtaposition, but they had to eventually concede that, in the year 2016, a museum […]
